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COIN
Unique ID: SF-0BD033
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete silver halfgroat of Elizabeth I, c.1583-1603 AD. As North, 1975: no. 2016. Half of the coin is missing due to old breaks.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1583
Date to: Circa AD 1603
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.56 g
Diameter: 17.75 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st March 2016
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Halfgroat (silver)
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Halfgroat: Elizabeth I, 1582-1603 (N 2016)
Obverse description: Crowned bust left, two pellets behind head, within an inner circle
Obverse inscription: E.D.G.ROSA.[]
Reverse description: Square shield over a long cross fourchee that divides the legend, within an inner circle
Reverse inscription: CIVI/TA[]/[]/ON
Initial mark: A
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Sutton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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